Anas bin Malik (RAA) narrated, 'A man who had drunk wine was brought to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he commanded that the man should be beaten (lashed). The man was given about forty lashes with two palm branches. Anas added, Abu Bakr (RAA) did the same, but when 'Umar (RAA) became the Caliph, he consulted the people and 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf said, "The mildest punishment for drinking is eighty (lashes).' So, 'Umar (RAA) gave his commands accordingly. Agreed upon. Muslim transmitted on the authority of 'Ali (RAA) concerning the story of al-Walid bin 'Uqbah that the Messenger of Allah inflicted forty lashes, Abu Bakr (RAA) forty lashes and 'Umar (RAA) eighty. All of them are in accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) but this one (the eighty lashes) is preferable to me. In this hadith also a man witnessed that he had seen him vomiting wine, 'Uthman (RAA) said: 'He would not have vomited it, unless that he had drunk it.'

Mu'awiyah (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said regarding the one who drinks alcohol, 'If he drinks (for the first time) flog him, then if he drinks for the second time flog him, then if he drinks for the third time flog him then if he drinks for the fourth time you should kill him." Related by Ahmad and the wording is his. It is also transmitted by the four Imams. At-Tirmidhi mentioned what indicates that it is abrogated, but Abu Dawud reported it clearly on the authority of Az-Zuhari.

Abu Hurairah (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "When one of you is flogging (while inflicting a prescribed punishment) he should avoid the face." Agreed upon.

Ibn 'Abbas (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Prescribed punishments are not to be inflicted in mosques." Related by At-Tirmidhi and Al-Hakim.

Anas (RAA) narrated, 'Allah sent down the verses stating the prohibition of alcohol when there was no other beverage to drink in Madinah except that prepared from dates (wine of dates).' Related by Muslim.

'Umar (RAA) narrated, 'When the prohibition of Khamr (alcoholic drinks) was revealed, it used to be made from grapes, dates, honey, wheat and barley. Khamr is what shields one's mind' Agreed upon.

Ibn 'Umar (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Every intoxicant is Khamr, and every intoxicant is prohibited." Related by Muslim.

Jabir (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "If a large quantity of any beverage intoxicates, then a small amount of it is prohibited." Related by Ahmad and the four Imams. Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.

Ibn 'Abbas (RAA) narrated, 'Raisins used to be soaked for the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in a water skin, and he would drink it that day, the next day and the following day. When it was the evening of the third day, he would drink it and give some to others. If anything was left from it, he would spill it.' Related by Muslim.

Umm Salamah (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Allah did not make your cure in what He made Haram (unlawful) to you." Related by Al-Baihaqi and graded as Sahih by Ibn Hibban.